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ziasquinn: Jan 1, 2006; Fallen Rib

I agree

So I hosed up my ng 3 cycle and only had orphan, Gherman, and moon presence left. I did the first half of it like before ds3 came out so I went to kill gherman while I was working on kos and accidentally beat the game and pushed into ng4. :whitewater:

I've been thinking about how huge a test yharnam was in the first cycle and how it's pretty clear they tuned the beginning of ds3 with that in mind. The most dramatic jump has still been from ng 1 to ng2, when the yharnamites in the beginning took like triple the damage to kill. I was worried that with how the stats cap in the 50s and the maximum AR you can squeeze out of a weapon pretty much leaves you in the 800s to 1200s, that progressive cycles would start to brick wall.

But if anything, at figurative Max level (246 ish, 50 in all except endurance since it caps at 40), ng 4 has been the easiest run so far.

I really would love a boss rush though. Ugh. Been playing this game for almost two years now?

ziasquinn fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Oct 7, 2016

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I.N.R.I: May 26, 2011

Better Fred Than Dead posted:

I agree

So I hosed up my ng 3 cycle and only had orphan, Gherman, and moon presence left. I did the first half of it like before ds3 came out so I went to kill gherman while I was working on kos and accidentally beat the game and pushed into ng4.

I've been thinking about how huge a test yharnam was in the first cycle and how it's pretty clear they tuned the beginning of ds3 with that in mind. The most dramatic jump has still been from ng 1 to ng2, when the yharnamites in the beginning took like triple the damage to kill. I was worried that with how the stats cap in the 50s and the maximum AR you can squeeze out of a weapon pretty much leaves you in the 800s to 1200s, that progressive cycles would start to brick wall.

But if anything, at figurative Max level (246 ish, 50 in all except endurance since it caps at 40), ng 4 has been the easiest run so far.

I really would love a boss rush though. Ugh. Been playing this game for almost two years now?

youll be fine even on ng+7 so far as dmg is concerned. not that ive ever reached that actually, i only have a ng+5 character cos i like to make to make new ones after ng+2

# ? Oct 7, 2016 10:49

Man with Hat: Dec 26, 2007; Open up your Dethday present
It's a box of fucking nothing; Exciting Lemon

This game is hard and the random enemies that kill me before I can pick up my stuff are mean

# ? Oct 7, 2016 21:20

Cannonballoon: Jul 25, 2007

Welcome to Souls games.

# ? Oct 7, 2016 22:17

mysterious loyall X: Jul 8, 2003

i've neve done all o f ng+ becasue it's boring!

# ? Oct 7, 2016 22:45

swamp waste: Nov 4, 2009; There is some very sensual touching going on in the cutscene there. i don't actually think it means anything sexual but it's cool how it contrasts with modern ideas of what bad ass stuff should be like. It even seems authentic to some kind of chivalric masculine touching from a tyme longe gone

Cannonballoon posted:

Welcome to Souls games.

that's such a good trick

# ? Oct 7, 2016 23:10

dont skimp on the shrimp: Apr 23, 2008

I got my friend bloodborne for his birthday. It was a sneaky way to convince him to finally get a ps4

# ? Oct 7, 2016 23:16

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

Today Sony permanently dropped the price of bloodborne to 20 bucks

# ? Oct 7, 2016 23:31

ziasquinn: Jan 1, 2006; Fallen Rib

Insane

# ? Oct 8, 2016 07:35

Man with Hat: Dec 26, 2007; Open up your Dethday present
It's a box of fucking nothing; Exciting Lemon

Oops. I just killed the poison beast in Old Yharnam and totally forgot he poison people just by being close to him.

"Yay, I won. WTF I AM POISONED gently caress gently caress gently caress" *dead*

# ? Oct 8, 2016 11:25

ziasquinn: Jan 1, 2006; Fallen Rib

My embarrassing death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLNELpeWnwA

# ? Oct 8, 2016 22:38

Oh Long Johnson: Oct 22, 2010

Cannonballoon posted:

Welcome to Souls games.

It's cool because you have to fight the skeleton dogs again after you die here, and even more if you didn't find the other bonfire.

# ? Oct 9, 2016 03:00

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

You can also run past everything like a boss

# ? Oct 9, 2016 05:16

ziasquinn: Jan 1, 2006; Fallen Rib

Reminder this rules

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzdhTGaWzec

# ? Oct 9, 2016 05:26

sector_corrector: Jan 18, 2012; by Nyc_Tattoo

i love the souls games, and i haven't played them nearly recently enough

# ? Oct 9, 2016 05:26

Oh Long Johnson: Oct 22, 2010

In Training posted:

You can also run past everything like a boss

I mean on your first playthrough dude

# ? Oct 9, 2016 05:27

Cannonballoon: Jul 25, 2007

Better Fred Than Dead posted:

Reminder this rules

The soundtrack is good for both the main game and the DLC, surprisingly. I almost grew to hate Ludwig's first track because I struggled with the first phase of that fight for hours. Maria's track is also very good.

# ? Oct 9, 2016 05:44

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

sector_corrector posted:

i love the souls games, and i haven't played them nearly recently enough

Dark souls III DLC in two weeks baby

# ? Oct 9, 2016 05:46

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

Also I need to finish my Amy run which I'm gonna work on right now now that I've finished DQ7

# ? Oct 9, 2016 05:51

ziasquinn: Jan 1, 2006; Fallen Rib

Cannonballoon posted:

The soundtrack is good for both the main game and the DLC, surprisingly. I almost grew to hate Ludwig's first track because I struggled with the first phase of that fight for hours. Maria's track is also very good.

That violin chill in the intro cinematic is the main piece in living failures and it rulesssss

# ? Oct 9, 2016 07:03

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

I died to wet nurse just now which may have been the first time I can remember doing that in like 18 months

# ? Oct 9, 2016 07:04

apropos to nothing: Sep 5, 2003

bloodborne is peak halloween feels

# ? Oct 9, 2016 14:22

Cannonballoon: Jul 25, 2007

This game is interesting in that everyone seems to have their own problem bosses that they struggle with. Blood-starved Beast took me a while, but I one-shotted Rom and Logarius on my first game. I never understood why Rom is considered to be so difficult. Is it build and weapon choice? I never used Ludwig's sword if that makes any difference.

# ? Oct 9, 2016 20:31

scary ghost dog: Aug 5, 2007

Cannonballoon posted:

This game is interesting in that everyone seems to have their own problem bosses that they struggle with. Blood-starved Beast took me a while, but I one-shotted Rom and Logarius on my first game. I never understood why Rom is considered to be so difficult. Is it build and weapon choice? I never used Ludwig's sword if that makes any difference.

rom feels like an mmo boss to me. three differently ranged attacks and waves of adds. my skillset doesnt adapt well to that kind of boss

# ? Oct 9, 2016 22:47

R. Guyovich: Dec 25, 1991

Cannonballoon posted:

This game is interesting in that everyone seems to have their own problem bosses that they struggle with. Blood-starved Beast took me a while, but I one-shotted Rom and Logarius on my first game. I never understood why Rom is considered to be so difficult. Is it build and weapon choice? I never used Ludwig's sword if that makes any difference.

no main game bosses gave me much trouble but ludwig and orphan destroyed me

# ? Oct 9, 2016 23:23

scary ghost dog: Aug 5, 2007

rom also requires u to look around a lot which is hard for a beast claws player like me

# ? Oct 9, 2016 23:54

I.N.R.I: May 26, 2011

try moving the right analog stick around a bit haha.

# ? Oct 10, 2016 00:14

Soral: May 30, 2009

i was admittedly unreasonably salty about logarius because he was the first and only boss that gave me a truly hard time

# ? Oct 10, 2016 00:15

scary ghost dog: Aug 5, 2007

I.N.R.I posted:

try moving the right analog stick around a bit haha.

not going to happen my man.

# ? Oct 10, 2016 00:16

Cannonballoon: Jul 25, 2007

scary ghost dog posted:

rom feels like an mmo boss to me. three differently ranged attacks and waves of adds. my skillset doesnt adapt well to that kind of boss

I can definitely see that. That makes a lot of sense.

Homework Explainer posted:

no main game bosses gave me much trouble but ludwig and orphan destroyed me

Ludwig was the first boss in the entire game that almost made me quit playing. Until I got used to his first phase his fight felt incredibly unfair. Even Orphan seemed more reasonable in comparison (to me).

Maria's fight was really fun, and I wish there were more like her's. Even that Bloody Crow fight was fun despite him basically one-shotting you if you made just one mistake.

# ? Oct 10, 2016 00:20

Man with Hat: Dec 26, 2007; Open up your Dethday present
It's a box of fucking nothing; Exciting Lemon

I have tons of problems with Rom just because there are so many small spiders that can almost one shot me, and to kill them is to give the Big Bad a chance to also one shot me.

# ? Oct 10, 2016 09:12

goferchan: Feb 8, 2004; It's 2006. I am taking 276 yeti furs from the goodies hoard.

Cannonballoon posted:

I can definitely see that. That makes a lot of sense.

Ludwig was the first boss in the entire game that almost made me quit playing. Until I got used to his first phase his fight felt incredibly unfair. Even Orphan seemed more reasonable in comparison (to me).

Yeah I died to his first phase a million times and didn't even know a second phase was coming but when i actually got to it i beat it first try. The first moveset was a lot harder for me for some reason

# ? Oct 10, 2016 12:46

beepstreet: Feb 7, 2005

goferchan posted:

Yeah I died to his first phase a million times and didn't even know a second phase was coming but when i actually got to it i beat it first try. The first moveset was a lot harder for me for some reason

He's a lot more predictable when he's swinging a big weapon around like so many of the other Souls bosses. When's he's thrashing around like an animal in phase 1 he's definitely tougher.

# ? Oct 10, 2016 14:24